Scientific Programme
Saturday, 14 March 2020
Registration : 9.15-9.45
Opening Ceremony: 9.45-10.15
1st Session: EPIGENETICS
10.30-11.00 Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Stefan DIMITROV: Epigenetics, Life Beyond DNA
11.00-11.15 Coffee Break
11.15-11.35 Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ali HAMICHE: Chromatin and Epigenetic Regulation in Cancer
11.35-12.30 EVALUATION OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Lunch Break: 12.30-13.30
2nd Session: MOLECULAR GENETICS
13.30-14.00 Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jacob HANNA: Human-Mouse Cross-Species Chimerism
14.00-14.15 Oral Session
14.15-14.25 Coffee Break
14.25-15.05 Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Halil KAVAKLI: Gene Expression and Circadian Rhythm
15.05-15.20 Coffee Break
15.20-16.00 Guest Speaker: Dr. David BURSTEIN: Treasures in the Wild: Novel CRISPR-Cas Systems from Uncultivated Microbes
16.00-16.15 Oral Session
16.15-17.30 WORKSHOPS
Sunday, 15 March 2020
1st Session: CLINICAL & PEDIATRIC GENETICS
9.30-10.10 Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lucy RAYMOND: The Genetic Causes of Intellectual Disability
10.10-10.25 Oral Session
10.25-10.40 Coffee Break
10.40-11.10 Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Okay ÇAĞLAYAN: Applications of New Generation Sequencing Technologies in Medical Genetics Research
11.10-11.25 Oral Session
11.25-11.40 Coffee Break
11.40-12.10 Guest Speaker: Dr. Anıl BİRİCİK: Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT): Current Applications and Future Perspectives
Lunch Break: 12.10-13.30
2nd Session: ONCOGENETICS
13.30-13.55 Guest Speaker: Dr. İbrahim Gökçe YAYLA: Introduction to Electrochemotherapy: Principles, Mechanism-of-Action, Application to Cancer Treatment and the Turkish Experience
13.55-14.10 Oral Session
14.10-14.25 Coffee Break
14.25-15.05 Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Emin KANSU: Tumor Evolution in the Genome Age and Darwin
15.05-15.20 Oral Session
15.20-15.55 Award & Closing Ceremony
19.30-00.00 Dinner Party
Social Programme
Monday, 16 March 2020
10.00-16.00 Ephesus, Izmir